Twisting in the Wind

The prosecutors are not experts in the care and storage of fine furs. And so, they deferred to the staff at Mano Swartz, who advised keeping the coats in a cool, dry place. The investigators hung them in the computer room of their Towson office.

For a year and a half, the furs dangled from a beam next to the whirring computer mainframe, occasionally giving investigator Drayton Peterson a jolt.

"You'd walk in there and the furs were always twisting in the wind," said Peterson, the office's resident technology expert.

[From the article "Dixon's coats go on sale online," by Julie Scharper, The Baltimore Sun, March 11, 2010.]

And now, back to the music. This next one goes out to the State Prosecutor's Office - "Twisting" by They Might Giants...

Own a Piece of Baltimore History

That's right, folks - this is your opportunity to own a little piece of Charm City history, courtesy of the Maryland State Prosecutor's Office:

This Xbox was submitted as evidence at the trial of former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon. This item has been surrendered to the Maryland State Prosecutors Office pursuant to the plea agreement. All proceeds from this sale will go to Youthworks of Baltimore. This item was originally taken from the residence of the former mayor in June 2008.

This xbox is USED, and seems to be in great condition. It includes one controller and the Need for Speed Carbon disc. This item is sold as is with no warranty. Buyer is to pay all shipping.

But hurry - there are only eight days and change left to bid...

"Dixon sentenced on charges of perjury, embezzlement"

That's right, folks - for the next 45 minutes, Baltimore City lacks a top official...suggesting the position is up for grabs to anyone who can claim it within that frame of time, by show of force or otherwise. Hell, we can secede from the Union before dinner, and, per the Nemetz Doctrine, thereby elevate public-access to the status of "national television"...

The Baltimore "Literary Scene"...

Working hard to garnish Charm City with favorable coverage in the national media, so that City Hall doesn't have to.

TOMMY ROE - "Sheila"

Bribery, Gucci Knockoffs and Black-Market Kidneys

He found a particularly receptive ally in Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III, according to prosecutors. The 32-year-old Cammarano, who won a runoff election last month, was accused of accepting money from the developer at a Hoboken diner.

"There's the people who were with us, and that's you guys," the complaint quotes Cammarano saying. "There's the people who climbed on board in the runoff. They can get in line. ... And then there are the people who were against us the whole way. ... They get ground into powder."


Once again, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon and her gift cards are made to look positively amateurish.

From Today's BALTIMORE SUN

A Baltimore police spokesman has been suspended as the department looks into an allegation that he inadvertently sent a nude photo of a woman to a television news station...

Hopefully, it wasn't Sheila Dixon.

Baltimore Upstaged (Again)!

Gift cards? Pay to play? Ha! Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is Scott Weiland to former DC Mayor Marion Barry's Keith Richards...

"Stick Out Your Can"

Well, if you can't dig me, you can't dig nothin'
Do you want the real thing, or are you just talkin'...
Stick out your can
'Cause I'm your garbageman

The Cramps, "Garbageman"

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon takes out the trash. And while we're at it, here are The Cramps:

Baltimore City Scales Back Trash Collection

In a perfect world, indeed, this plan would be all pretty girls and sunshine...

But this is Baltimore. Sure, some might consider twice-weekly trash collection excessive, even encouraging of waste. But the reality is that, even with twice-weekly collection, the shit piles high in Charm City. And in many neighborhoods, fewer collections won't translate into less trash generated; rather, there will only be higher piles of the stuff, stinking in the summer heat. One thing is for certain: word will quickly circulate among the Rattus norvegicus population that Baltimore lays a nice spread.

As for recycling - hell, even if the city were to broaden the recycling detail, well...mine is one of only two houses on either side of one winding city alley that even bothers to sort out/set out recycling.

And speaking of putting out the trash, Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! No. 11 has been proofed/edited; only thing left now is to print it...